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- Quote created by Karuna Sapra
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Do not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters. -
735
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Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind. -
660As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly. Samuel Johnson
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As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly. -
150Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble. Samuel Johnson
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Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble. -
738A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally happy. Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness. Samuel Johnson
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A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally happy. Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness. -
541
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A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other. -
721A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out. Samuel Johnson
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A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out. -
982
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There's nothing that keeps its youth,<br /> So far as I know, but a tree and truth. -
1.01kI find the great in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it,-but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. Oliver wendell Holmes
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I find the great in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes... -
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Knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used till they are seasoned. -
983Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies; they are ready enough to tell them. Oliver wendell Holmes
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Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact... -
900
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A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times. -
845
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Life is a fatal complaint, and an eminently contagious one. -
868When I think of talking, it is of course with a woman. For talking at its best being an inspiration, it wants a corresponding divine quality of receptiveness, and where will you find this but in a woman? Oliver wendell Holmes
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When I think of talking, it is of course with a woman. For talking at its best being an inspiration, it wants a corresponding divine quality of receptiveness, and where will you... -
736Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening. Oliver wendell Holmes
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- Quote created by Karuna Sapra
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Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening. -
775
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- Quote created by Karuna Sapra
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To obtain a man's opinion of you, make him mad. -
877To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old. Oliver wendell Holmes
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To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old. -
746The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving. Oliver wendell Holmes
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The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving. -
882Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body. Oliver wendell Holmes
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Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body. -
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- Quote created by Karuna Sapra
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Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.